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Citjj of Cambribge. 



REGULATIONS 



OF THE 



Lie SCHOOLS, 



ADOPTED BY THE 



SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 



AUGUST 6, 1849. 







CAMBRIDGE:^ 

JOHN FORD, CHRONICLE PRESS. 

1849, 



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REGULATIONS 



OF THE 



ADOPTED BY THE 



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AUGUST 6, 1849. 




CAMBRIDGE: 

JOHN FORD, CHRONICLE PRESS. 

1849. 






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REGULATIONS. 

CHAPTER I. 

EULBS RELATING TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 

1. Duties of the Chairman. The Mayor of tlie City- 
is Chairman of the School Committee ex officio. He shall, 
each year, call a meeting of the Board during the week 
succeeding the first Monday of April, and shall call any 
special meeting thereof when he may deem it necessary, or 
when requested so to do by any of its members. In the 
absence of the Chairman, his place shall be filled by the 
Board pro tempore. 

2. Appointment of Secretary and Sub Committees. 
At the first meeting in each year, the Board shall complete 
its organization by the election of a Secretary. Sub-Com- 
mittees shall also be appointed to take the immediate 
charge of the High School, and of the several schools in 
the different Wards, and for such other purposes as may 
be deemed expedient. 

3. Duties of the Secretary. It shall be the duty of 
the Secretary to keep a true record of the doings of the 
Board, and report an abstract of the same in some news- 
paper printed in Cambridge ; to give written notice of its 
meetings when requested so to do ; to preserve files of 
communications and documents belonging to the Board ; 
to furnish all teachers who are appointed, or whose ap- 
pomtment is confirmed by the Board, with certificates of 



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qualification ; to see that the records are present at each 
meeting ; and in general to perform the appropriate duties 
of his office. 

4. Monthly Meetings. The Board shall hold regular 
meetings on the first Wednesday of each month, at three 
o'clock, P. M. 

5. Ditties of Sab- Committees. It shall be the duty 
of Sub-Committees, having charge of particular schools, 
to visit the schools under their immediate direction once 
a month, " for the purpose of making a careful exam- 
ination thereof, and of seeing that the scholars are 
properly supplied with books." Each member shall 
make a written report of his proceedings, and of the gen- 
eral condition of the schools he may have visited, on the 
monthly meeting succeeding the close of each term. It 
shall also be the duty of the Sub-Committees to give ad- 
vice to the teachers on any emergency, and, on complaint 
duly made, to take cognizance of any difficulty that may 
have occurred between the teachers and the parents or 
guardians of the pupils, subject to an appeal to the Avhole 
Board. It shall also be their duty to examine from time 
to time the school-houses, and the yards and out-buildings 
connected therewith, and to see that they are kept in good 
condition. When the office of teacher in any school shall 
become vacant, it shall be their duty to fill such vacancy 
as soon as practicable, and to report their doings to the 
whole Board at its next meeting, subject to its approval. 

In addition to the specific duties of the Sub-Committees, 
it shall be their duty, generally, to make such temporary 
arrangements as they may find necessary in relation to 
their schools, or the convenience of the instructors, in 
cases not provided for by the general regulations. 

6. Quarterly Examinations. The schools shall be 



examined at the close of each term by the whole Board, 
or by Sub-Committees appointed for the purpose. If the 
examination be conducted by Sub-Committees, they shall 
make reports thereof to the Board at its next regular 
meeting. 

7. Annual Report. The Annual Report required by 
the statute of the Commonwealth shall be prepared by 
the Chairman, and presented to the Board for its accep- 
tance ; and it shall be the duty of each member of the 
Board to communicate to the Chairman such facts and 
suggestions in relation to the schools, as will enable him to 
present a true statement of their condition and wants. 

8. Quorum. Five members of the Board shall consti- 
tute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

9. Visitation of the Hopkins School. The Chairman 
of this Board being ex officio a member of the Vis- 
iting Committee of the Hopkins Classical School, it shall 
be his duty to visit said school from time to time, and, 
in general, to perform the services required of a mem- 
ber of that Committee. 

10. Admission of beneficiaries to the Sopkins School. 
During the month of July or August, in each year, the 
Board shall select from the applicants for admission, as 
beneficiaries, to the Hopkins Classical School, as many as 
may be requisite to fill any vacancies existing in the num- 
ber entitled to free instruction in that school ; and the 
boys thus selected shall be recommended by the Chairman 
to the President of Harvard College for admission. 

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CHAPTER II. 

KULES RELATINa TO THE INSTRUCTORS. 

1. Duties and Qualifications of Teachers. The in- 
structors of the several schools, deriving their authority 
from this Board, shall be responsible to it for a faithful 
discharge of their duties, and preferment to and contin- 
uance in office shall depend solely on literary and moral 
merit, and practical skill. 

2. Election and Salaries of Teacliers. The teachers 
shall be chosen annually, and their salaries voted, on the 
Monday succeeding the close of the Summer Term ; and 
those teachers will be considered as candidates for re- 
election who do not signify a desire to the contrary. The 
several quarters for the payment of salaries in the annual 
schools shall commence on the first day of September, 
December, March, and June. 

3. Certificates. All teachers shall be required to pro- 
cure and file certificates of their qualifications, agreeably 
to the provisions of the Statute in that behalf made and 
provided. 

4. Approval of Bills. The Committee will not cer- 
tify to the correctness of any bill contracted by any teach- 
er, unless the same shall have been first authorized by the 
Sub-Committee of the school with which such teacher is 
connected. 

5. School Hours. The hours for keeping school (ex- 
cept in the High School) shall be from 8 until 11, A. M., 
between the first Monday in May and the first Monday in 



October: and from 9, A. M., until 12, M., between the 
first Monday in October and the first Monday in May : 
also, from 2 until 5, P. M., between the first Monday in 
March and the first Monday in October : and from half 
past 1 until half past 4, P. M., between the first Monday 
in October and the first Monday in March : which hours, 
both as to opening and closing, shall be punctually observed 
by the several instructors. 

6. Annual and Quarterly Reports. It shall be the 
duty of each teacher to submit to the Committee, during 
the month of February in each year, a written report, in 
which the history of his or her school for that year shall 
be fully presented, accompanied by such remarks, sugges- 
tions, and statistics, as the state of the school may seem 
to require ; and, also, to prepare and have in readiness for 
the inspection of the Committee, at each quarterly exami- 
nation, a perfect schedule of the studies pursued by each 
class during the preceding term. 

7. Keeping the School Register. All the instructors 
shall be required to keep accurately the School Register 
recomm.ended by the Board of Education. 

8. Discipline. It is enjoined on the instructors to 
exercise vigilant, prudent and firm discipline, and to gov- 
ern by persuasion and gentle measures, as far as practi- 
cable. 

9. Exclusion of Pupils. For flagrant misconduct 
any instructor may exclude a pupil from school, and shall 
immediately report the case to the parent or guardian of 
such pupil and to the Sub-Committee of the school. No 
scholar under censure in one school shall be admitted to 
any other. 

10. Care of School-houses. It shall be the duty of 
the instructors to exercise suitable care with regard to the 



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school-houses and the appurtenances of the same, and to 
Import the want of repairs to the Sub-Committees. 

11. Tardiness and Absence of Pupils. The bell for 
school shall be rung fifteen minutes before the time ap- 
pointed for opening the session. Everj scholar not pres- 
ent at the appointed time shall be marked as tardy. No 
pupil of the Grammar or Middle Schools, shall be admit- 
ted after the hour of commencing, without a satisfactory 
excuse in writing from his parent, master, or guardian, 
and all absences must be satisfactorily accounted for. It 
shall be the duty of the teachers, in case of the frequent 
or prolonged absence of any of the pupils belonging to 
their respective schools, to ascertain the cause of such 
absence, and use their influence to prevent a repetition of 
the same. If any pupil shall still continue to be frequent- 
ly absent, he shall cease to be considered a member of the 
school, and shall not be re-admitted without a written per- 
mission from one of the Sub-Committee. 

12. Books for Teachers' deshs. Whenever books, 
prescribed for the use of the schools, are needed for 
teachers' desks, it shall be the duty of the teachers to 
signify the same to the Sub-Committee of their schools ; 
and when such books have been procured, the teacher 
for whose use they are purchased, shall write upon one 
of the blank leaves these words : " The p-operty of the 
City of Cambridge. For the School." 

13. Moral Instruction. Instruction in morals shall 
be given by the teachers in each of the schools, in con- 
formity with the provisions of the Revised Statutes, Chap. 
23, §7. 

14. Visiting other schools. The teachers may oc- 
casionally, under the direction of the Sub-Committees, 



visit each others' schools, to observe the discipline and in- 
struction of the same. 

15. Doings of the School Committee. The teachers 
are expected to keep themselves informed of the doings of 
the School Committee, as published by the Secretary. 

16. Teachers required to he at their school-rooms 
early. All the teachers in the public schools are required 
to be at their respective school-rooms at least ten minutes 
before the specified time for beginning school; and all 
pupils, who, during that time, may be in or about their 
respective school-houses, shall be subject to all the rules 
of order for school hours. 



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CHAPTER III. 

REG-ULATIONS COMMON TO ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

1. Qrades of Schools. The public schools of Cam- 
bridge are divided into the following grades, viz : Alpha* 
bet, Primary, Middle, Grammar, and High. In a few 
districts, where this division is not practicable, two or more 
grades are united in one school, and such schools are 
called Mixed Schools. 

2. Hopkins Classical School. In addition to the 
public schools above mentioned, there is a Classical 
School, in which, at all times, free instruction will be given 
to nine pupils, intended for College, as beneficiaries of the 
Hopkins Charity ; — said pupils to be selected and recom- 
mended by the School Committee. 

3. Division of School Tear. The school year is di- 
vided into four terms, comprising forty-five weeks, and 
commencing respectively, as nearly as practicable, on the 
first of March, June, September, and December. 

4. Holidays and Vacations. The following holidays 
and vacations shall be granted alike to all the schools : — 
"Wednesday and Saturday afternoons ; one week at the 
close of the Winter term ; the 1st day of May ; Anniver- 
sary week in May ; the Fourth of July ; Commencement 
day, and the day after Commencement ; four weeks next 
preceding the first Monday of September ; the annual 
Thanksgiving week, and Christmas day. No other va- 
cations or holidays shall be allowed but by a special vote 



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of tlie Board, except on extraordinary occasions, at the 
discretion of the Sub-Committees. 

6. Needle Work. Needle work may be introduced 
into the Alphabet and Primary Schools at the discretion 
of the teachers, not exceeding one hour in each day. 

6. Siibscriptions of Money not allowed. No subscrip- 
tion or collection of money for any purpose whatsoever 
shall be introduced into any of the schools, or allowed 
from any of the pupils, unless by express permission of 
the Sub-Committee. 

7. Vaccination. No pupil shall be admitted into any 
of the public schools without a certificate from a physi- 
cian that he or she has been vaccinated or otherwise se- 
cured against the Small Pox ; but this certificate shall not 
be required of pupils who go from one public school to 
another. 

8. Morning Exercises, The schools shall be opened 
in the morning by reading a short portion of Scripture 
and repeating the Lord's Prayer. 

9. Scholajrs to he supplied ivith books. Every schol- 
ar shall be furnished with all the books used by the 
class to which he belongs. In cases where children 
are unable to obtain books through the poverty or negli- 
gence of their parents or guardians, the several Sub- 
Committees are authorized, on behalf of the School 
Committee, to carry out the provisions of the Statute on 
fchis subject. Rev. Stat. Chap. 23, §§ 20, 21. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

REGULATIONS OF THE ALPHABET, PRIMARY, MIDDLE, AND 
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. 

1. Admission of Pupils. Pupils, in all respects qual- 
ified, may be admitted into the Alphabet and Primary 
Schools at any time, by applying to the teachers of their 
respective districts. Candidates for admission to the Mid- 
dle and Grammar Schools may be admitted on receiving 
a written permit from the Sub-Committee of the school, 
and not otherwise. 

2. Studies and Books in Alphabet Schools, In the 
Alphabet Schools, the pupils shall be taught the Alphabet, 
Reading and Spelling. The books used shall be Worces- 
ter's Primer, Worcester's Second Reading Book, and 
Fowle's Common School Speller. No child, under the 
age of five years, shall be received into the Alphabet 
Schools. 

3. Studies and Books in Primary Sbhools. In the 
Primary Schools the pupils shall be taught Reading, 
Spelling, Mental Arithmetic, and the first principles of 
Geography by oral instruction. The books used shall be 
Worcester's Second Reading Book (continued); Swan's 
Primary School Reader, Part Second ; Bumstead's Sec- 
ond Book ; Fowle's Common School Speller, and Green- 
leafs Mental Arithmetic. Drawing may be introduced 
at the discretion of the teachers. No pupil shall be admit- 
ted to the Primary Schools, unless five years of age, and 
able to read and spell the Alphabet lessons.. 



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4. Studies and Boohs in Middle Schools. The pupils 
in the Middle Schools shall be taught Reading, Spelling, 
Mental Arithmetic, Geography, Writing, and the first 
principles of English Grammar by oral instruction. — 
Drawing may be introduced at the discretion of the 
teachers. The books used shall be Bumstead's Second 
Reading Book (continued); Bamstead's Third Reading 
Book ; Swan's Primary School Reader, Third Part ; 
Fowle's Common School Speller ; Colburn's First Lessons 
in Arithmetic, as far as the twelfth section ; Vfoodbridge's 
Modern School Geography, first part, as far as the ninety- 
seventh page. No pupil shall be admitted to the Middle 
Schools until he shall be familiar with the books and studies 
prescribed in the Primary Schools. 

5. Studies and Books in G-rammar ScJiools. The 
pupils in the Grammar Schools shall be taught Reading, 
Spelling and Defining, Arithmetic, Geography, History, 
Grammar, Writing and Composition. Declamation and 
Drawing may be introduced at the discretion of the Sub- 
Committees and teachers. The books used in the Gram- 
mar Schools shall be Swan's Grammar School Reader; 
Swan's Instructive Reader ; American First Class Book ; 
Fowle's Common School Speller ; Worcester's Diction- 
ary ; Chase's Common School Arithmetic ; Woodbridge's 
Geography (continued) ; Willson's History of the United 
States ; Weld's Grammar. No pupil shall be admitted to 
the Grammar Schools, until he shall be familiar with the 
books and studies prescribed in the Middle Schools. 

6. Studies in 3Iixed Schools. The pupils in the Mix- 
ed Schools shall be taught the same branches as are pur- 
sued in the several grades of schools of which they are 
composed. 

7. Miscellaneous Studies. Punctuation, Abbrevia' 

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tions, Names of Figures and Roman Numerals, together 
with the Ten Commandments, shall be taught in all the 
schools, so as to fix them permanently in the memory of 
the pupils. The Bible may be used in all the schools at 
the discretion of the instructors. 

8. Instruction in Miidc. Instruction shall be given 
in music in all the schools ; and every scholar shall be 
required to give attention to this branch. During the 
exercise in singing, the teacher of the school shall be 
present and govern the pupils. 

9. School Districts. No pupil shall be admitted to 
or retained in any school except that for the District in 
which said pupil resides, unless by a special vote of the 
Sub-Committee of the school. 

10. Promotions. The regular period for making pro- 
motions from schools of one grade to those of another shall 
be at the commencement of the Spring and Fall terms ; 
but pupils may be promoted at other times, if deemed 
necessary by the Sub-Committees. 

11. Recesses. There shall be a recess of ten minutes 
each half day ; and the recess in all the schools shall take 
place as nearly as possible at the expiration of one half of 
each school session. 



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CHAPTER y. 

EEGULATIONS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. 

1. Qualifications for Admission. The qualifications 
for admission to the High School shall be an ability to 
read, Avrite, spell and define well; a good knowledge of Eng- 
lish Grammar ; a thorough acquaintance with the first and 
second parts of Woodbridge's Modern School Geography ; 
with Chase's Common School Arithmetic as far as chapter 
XV. (Mensuration); with Willson's History of the Uni- 
ted States, as far as the 100th page, and from the 
173d to the 285th page ; and in general with all the 
studies required in the lower schools. In the case of 
pupils coming from other towns, an equivalent to either of 
the specified books may be received at the discretion of 
the Committee. Candidates for admission must produce 
a certificate of good moral character from their last 
teacher, or the clergyman whose meeting they attend ; ' 
and also a certificate that they have completed the pre- 
scribed course of study. 

2. Admission of hoys intended for College. Inas- 
much as it is frequently important for boys intended for 
College to commence the study of Latin before they have 
completed the studies required for admission to the High 
School, such boys may be admitted to the school on the 
following conditions : 1st, They shall bring a certificate of 
good character from their minister or last teacher ; 2d, 
They shall bring a certificate from their parents stating that 



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it is tlieir intention to qualify them for Harvard or some 
other College ; 3d, Thej shall be able to read common 
English authors well, to write a running hand, to sustain 
a fair examination in the rudiments of English Grammar, 
in the first seven chapters of Chase's Arithmetic, in the 
first part of Woodbridge's. Modern School Geography, and 
in the first hundred pages of Willson's History of the 
United States. 

3'. Examination for Admission. The regular exami- 
nation for admission to the school shall be in the month of 
July or August annually, at such time as the Committee 
shall direct ; and there shall be no promotions from the 
Grammar Schools at any other time. Pupils may be ad- 
mitted at other times to advanced standing, in extraordi- 
nary cases. 

4. Period of Probation. All pupils admitted shall 
be on probation for the first three months ; and if any of 
them shall be found habitually indolent in their habits 
of study, irregular in their attendance on school, or in- 
subordinate in their deportment, such pupils shall be 
dismissed from the school. 

5. School entirely U7ider charge of the blaster. To 
secure uniformity and efficiency in the management of the 
school, it is committed entirely to the charge of the 
Master ; and he, under the direction of the Committee of 
the High Sclwol, shall hold the assistant teachers respon- 
sible for the faithful execution of his plans and wishes. 

6. JExaminatio7i of Classes by the blaster. The Master 
shall examine the several classes in the school, by exchang- 
ing classes with the assistants, or otherwise, at least once 
a month, and as much oftener as consists with the faithful 
discharge of his duties to those more immediately under 
Ms instruction. 



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7. Unnecessary Absence. As the advantages to be 
derived from the school must depend in a great degree 
upon regularity of attendance, pupils absent more than 
a week shall be considered as having left the school, nor 
shall they be re-admitted without a written permission from 
the Chairman of the High School Committee. 

8. Duties of Pupils. The pupils of this school shall 
give faithful attention to the writing of Composition, to 
Declamation, to Singing, and to such other exercises as 
shall be required by the Committee ; and every scholar 
shall be expected to study from one to two hours daily 
out of school. 

9. Dijjloma. Those scholars who shall have comple- 
ted and sustained a satisfactory examination in the Eng- 
lish studies prescribed, shall be entitled, on leaving the 
school with a good character, to a Diploma from the Com- 
mittee ; and those scholars who shall complete the Latin, 
Greek, or French course, or any portion of it, shall have 
the fact of their attainment duly certified, in addition to 
the above Diploma. 

10. School Hours. From the first Monday in April 
till the first Monday in November, this school shall begin 
at 8 o'clock, A. M., and close at 1 o'clock, P. M.; and 
from the first Monday in November till the fiirst Monday 
in April it shall begin at 9, A. M., and close at 2, P. M. 
These hours, both as to opening and closing, shall be 
punctually observed. 

11. Course of Study. The course of study in the 
High School is divided into two departments, English and 
Classical. The Classical department comprises four, and 
the English three years, as shown in the table annexed. 

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EXGL.ISH DEPARTMENT., 

FIRST TEAR. 

tst Term. Arithmetic, Language, Geography, History. 
2d Term. " " " " 

3d Term. Algebra, Latin or French, " " 

4th Term. " " " • " " 

SECOND YEAR. 

1st Term. Algebra, Geometry, Latii. or French. 

2d Term. " " 

3d Term. Natural Philosophy, Trigonometry, Latin or French, Book Keeping. 

4th Term. ■' " " " " " " 

THIRD YEAR. 

Ist Term. Chemistry, Natupal Philosophy, Trigonometry applied. 
2d Term. " Rhetoric, Moral Philosophy or Natural Theology. 

3d Term. Astronomy, " " " " " 

4tliTerm. " Constitution of U. States, '* "• 



CLASSICAL. DEPARTMENT. 

FIRST YEAR. 

1st Term. Latin Grammar and First Latin Book, Arithmetic, Geography, History. 

2d Term. " " " " " " " " " 

3d Term. Latin Reader and Grammar, " " " 

4th Term. " " " " " " 

SECOND TEAR. 

1st Term. Arnold's Nepos, Latin Composition, Arithmetic. 

2d Term. " " " " " 

3d Term. Caesar, " " " 

4th Term. " " " " 

THIRD YEAR. 

1st Term. Caesar, Greek Grammar, Latin Composition. 

2d Term. Cicero, " " " " 

3d Term. " Greek Reader, Latin and Greek Composition. 

4th Term. " " " " " '* 

fourth: TEAJl. 

1st Term. Virgil, Greek Reader, Latin and Greek Composition, Algebra. 

2d Term. " " " " " " 

3d Term. " " " " " " " Geometry- 

4th Term. " " " " " *' " " 

11. Books. The books used in the High School shall 
be as follows : Cleveland's Compendium of English Liter- 



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ature ; Worcester's Dictionary ; Greene's Analysis ;■ 
Woodb ridge's Geography ; Guyot's Lectures on Compara- 
tive Physical Geography ; Willson's History of the United 
States ; Worcester's Elements of General History ; Chase's 
Arithmetic ; Sherwin's Algebra ; Geometry and Science 
of Form from Prussian text-books ; Pavies's Legendre ; 
Fowle's Linear Drawing ; Olmstead's School Philosophy ;, 
Olmstead's Astronomy with Mattison's Maps ; Silliman's. 
Chemistry ; Davies's Surveying ; Hitchcock's Book Keep- 
ing ; Boyd's Rhetoric ; Whately's Lessons in Reasoning ; 
Abercrombie's Litellectuah Philosophy ; Wayland's Moral 
Philosophy ; Sullivan's Political Class Book ; List's Bota- 
ny ; Cutter's School Physiology ; Agassiz and Gould's 
Zoology ; Paley's Natural Theology. 

Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar; Arnold's 
First and Second Latin Books ; Arnold's Nepos ; Caesar's 
Commentaries (Zumpt and Schmitz's edition) ; Arnold's 
Latin Prose Composition ; Anthon's Classical Dictionary ; 
Leverett's Latin Lexicon. For girls wishing to pursue the 
study of Mathematics, Geography, or the Classics further, 
and for boys preparing for college, the books shall be those 
which are prescribed for admission to Harvard College. 

Longfellow's French Grammar ; Ollendorff's New Meth- 
od, &c. ; Bugard's French Translator ; Guillaume Tell ; 
Numa Pompilius ; Corinne ; and other books at the dis- 
cretion of the Committee. 



APPENDIX. 



ABSTRACT OF THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH 
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

It shall be the duty of the president, professors, and' 
tutors of the university at Cambridge, and of the several 
colleges, and of all preceptors and teachers of academies, 
and all other instructors of youth, to exert their best en- 
deavors, to impress on the minds of children and youth, 
committed to their care and instruction, the principles of 
piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their 
country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, 
industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temper- 
ance, and those other virtues, which are the ornament 
of human society, and the basis upon which a republi- 
can constitution is founded ; and it shall be the duty of 
such instructors to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their 
ages and capacities will admit, tnto a clear understanding 
of the tendency of the above mentioned virtues to preserve 
and perfect a republican constitution, and secure the bles- 
sings of liberty, as well as to promote their future happi- 
ness, and also to point out to them the evil tendency of 
the opposite vices. — Rev. Stat. CJi. 23, §7. 

It shall be the duty of the resident ministers of the 
gospel, the selectmen, and the school committees, in the 
several towns, to exert their influence, and use their best 
endeavors, that the youth of their towns shall regularly 



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attend the schools established for their instruction. — lb. 
§8. 

The school committee shall require full and satisfactory 
evidence of the good moral character of all mstructors, 
■who may be employed in the pubhc schools in their town, 
and shall ascertain, by personal exammation, their literary 
qualifications and capacity for the government of schools. 
—Ih. §13. 

Every instructor of a town or district school shall obtain 
of the school committee of such town a certificate in dupli- 
cate of his qualifications, before he opens such school, one 
of which shall be filed with the town treasurer, before any 
payment is made to such instructor on account of his ser- 
\ices. — lb. §14. 

The school committee shall determine the number and 
qualifications of the scholars to be admitted into the school, 
kept for the use of the whole town, as aforesaid, and visit 
such school, at least quarter yearly, for the purpose of 
making a careful examination thereof, and of ascertaining 
that the scholars are properly supplied with books ; and 
they shall, at such examination, inquire into the regulation 
and discipline of the school, and the habits and proficiency 
of the scholars therein. — lb. §15. 

The school committee, or some one or more of them, 
shall, for the purposes aforesaid, visit each of the district 
schools in their town, on some day during the first or 
second week after the opening of such schools, respective- 
ly, and also on some day during the two weeks preceding 
the closing of the same ; and shall also, for the same pur- 
poses, visit all the schools kept by the town, once a month, 
without giving previous notice thereof to the instructors. 
—lb. §16. 

The school committee of each town shall direct what 



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books shall be used in the several schools kept by the 
town; and may direct what books shall be used in the 
respective classes. — Ih. §17. 

The scholars at the town schools shall be supplied by 
their parents, masters or guardians, with the books pre- 
scribed for their classes.— J6. §18. 

The school committee of each town may procure, at the 
expense of the town, or otherwise, a sufficient supply of 
such class books, for all the schools aforesaid, and shall 
give notice of the place where such books may be ob- 
tained ; and the books shall be supplied to the scholars, at 
such prices as merely to reimburse the expense of the 
same. — lb. §19. 

In case any scholar shall not be furnished by his pa- 
rent, master or guardian, Avith the requisite books, he shall 
be supplied therewith by the school committee, at the 
expense of the town. — Ih. §20. 

The school committee shall give notice, in writing, to 
the assessors of the town, of the names of the scholars so 
supplied by them with books, and of the books so furnished, 
the prices thereof, and the names of the parents, masters 
or guardians, who ought to have supplied the same ; and 
said assessors shall add the price of the books so supplied, 
to the next annual tax of such parents, masters or guardi- 
ans ; and the amount so added shall be levied, collected, 
and paid into the town treasury, in the same manner as 
the town taxes. — lb. §21. 

In case the assessors shall be of opinion, that any such 
parent, master or guardian is unable to pay the whole 
expense of the books so supplied on his account, they shall 
omit to add the price of such books, or shall add only a 
part thereof, to the annual tax of such parent, master or 



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guardian, according to tlieir opinion of liis ability to pay. 
—76. §22. 

The school committee shall never direct to be purchased 
or used, in anj of the town schools, any school books 
which are calculated to favor the tenets of any particular 
sect of christians. — lb. §23. 

The school committee of any town is hereby authorized 
to dismiss from employment any teacher in such town, 
"whenever the said commitee may think proper, and from 
the time of such dismissal such teacher shall receive no 
further compensation for service rendered in that capaci- 
ty.— aS'^. 1844, ch. 32. 

Any child, unlawfully excluded from public school in- 
struction, in this Commonwealth, shall recover damages 
therefor, in an action on the case, to be brought in the 
name of said child, by his guardian or next friend, in any 
court competent to try the same, against the city or town 
by which such public school instruction is supported. — St. 
1845, ch. 214. 

Every person who shall wilfully disturb any school or 
other assembly of people, met for a lawful purpose, within 
the place of such meeting, or out of it, shall be punished 
by imprisonment in the county jail, not more than thirty 
days, or by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. — St. 1849, 
ch. 59. 



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HOPKINS CLASSICAL SCHOOL. 

In this school free instruction is given to nine boys, in- 
tended for college, on the foundation established by Ed- 
ward Hopkins. The president and fellows of Harvard 
College, the minister of the first church in Cambridge, and 
the mayor of the city of Cambridge constitute the 
visiting committee of the school. Subjoined are extracts 
from the act of incorporation and by-laws. 

ACT OP INCORPORATION, SECT. III. 

The trustees, the visitors of the school, and the in- 
structors thereof shall receive into the same, when estab- 
lished, and admit to all its benefits, privileges and advan- 
tages, free of all expense, any number of boys, not exceed- 
ing nine at any time, belonging to the town of Cambridge 
or elsewhere, who, being suitably qualified, shall be selected 
and presented for admission thereto by the school com- 
mittee of said town. 

RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE VISITING 
COMMITTEE. 

1. Every parent or guardian who wishes to avail him- 
self of the benefit of this school for his child or ward, shall 
certify in writing to the chairman of the Cambridge school 
committee, that his intention is, that his son or ward shall 
enter Harvard or some other college when his preparation 
is completed. 

2. The application for admission as beneficiaries in the 
Hopkins School shall be made in writing to the president 

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of Harvard College, for the time being, by the chairman 
of the school committee of Cambridge, "uho shall transmit 
the same to the master of the school, with authority to 
admit the candidate on the beneficiary foundation, provi- 
ded, on examination, he shall be found qualified according 
to the rules which are or shall be established hj the vis- 
itors of the school. 

3. Admission on the Hopkins foundation for beneficiary 
scholars shall take place in the month of August annually ; 
and no student shall be admitted upon it after the com- 
mencement of the academic year, except by special vote 
of the visiting committee. 

4. Scholars admitted upon the Hopkins foundation, 
who shall not prosecute their studies, but leave the school 
before they are prepared for admission to some college, 
shall be liable to pay to the treasurer of the Hopkins trus- 
tees the expense of such instruction, at its usual rate, for 
the time of their continuance in the Hopkins School, unless 
the same be remitted, for reasonable cause, by the vis- 
iting committee ; and the parents and guardians of those 
under age, shall sign an agreement to that effect, previous- 
ly to the admission of such scholars. 

5. Applicants for admission as beneficiaries in the 
Hopkins School shall bring from the master of the school 
they last attended, in addition to a certificate of moral 
character, a certificate that, in his judgment, such appli- 
cant can read common English authors correctly and 
fluently, and write a running hand ; that he understands 
mental ai'ithmetic and the simple rules of written arithme- 
tic, and is able to answer the map questions of Worcester's 
or some other modern Geography, and to pass an examina- 
tion in Goodrich's History of the United States or in some 
equivalent,, and has a sufficient knowledge of English 



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Grammar to parse common sentences in prose. A knowl- 
edge of Latin Grammar shall be considered equiYalent to 
that of English. 

6. In case, notwithstanding such certificate, the master 
of the Hopkins School shall find such appHcant, materially 
deficient in any of the particulars above specified, it shall 
be his duty, after giving notice to the parent or guardian 
of such applicant, to refer the applicant to some member 
of the visiting committee, for his examination by some one 
whom such member may appoint ; and if such applicant 
be found deficient in such particular or particulars, he 
shall not be admitted as a beneficiary on the foundation, 
until such disqualification be removed. 



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PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS 

BELONGING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. 



APPAKATUS PURCHASED BY THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE JUNE 4, 1843. 

1. Cliambeihiin's American Air Pump, $85,00 

2. Open Swelled Bell Glass, 3,50 

3. Eight Inch Brass Capped Bell Glass, 3,00 

4. Tall Bell glass and Jar, 3,00 

5. Freezing Apparatus with Thermom. Fixtures, 8,00 1 

6. Swelled Hand Glass, 1,00 

7. Mercury Tunnel used with do., 1,00 

8. Glass Pan " " " 50 

9. Syphon Gauge for Pump, 2,50 

10. Pear " Vacuum Test, 3,00 

11. Barometer Apparatus, 7,00 

12. Sheet Rubber Bag, Cap, Cork and Hook, 2,00 

13. Double Transferrer, 10,00 

14. Weighing and Buoyancy of Air Apparatus, 7,00 

15. Water Hammer and Stopcock, 3,00 

16. Pair Hemispherical Cups, 7,00 

17. Upward Pressure Apparatus, 12,00 

18. Large, heavy Syphon or Barometer Apparatus, 5,00 

19. Guinea and Feather Tube and Stand, 7,00 

20. Bell for Vacuum, 1,50 

21. Set of Screw Couplings, 2,50 

22. Artificial Fountain and Jets, 4,00 

23. Bolthead and Cup, 1,25 

24. Expansion Apparatus, 1,00 

25. Pair of Gauges for Compressibility in Glass Chamber, 2,00 

26. Double-Acting Condenser, 8,00 

27. Glass Condensing Chamber, 10,00 

28. Condensing Gauge and Mercury Syphon, 2,50 

29. Pair of Condensina Gauges by Bulk of Air, 2,00 

30. Dozen Crushing Squares for Condenser, 1,00 

31. Dozen Sinking Glass Balls, 50 

32. Air Gun Barrel, 1,00 



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33. Revolving Jet, $1,25 

34. Syphon in Vacuo, 3,00 

35. Exploding Cup witii Cap and Cock, 2,00 

36. Dozen Bursting Squares, 1,50 

37. Valve Cap for Squares, 33 

38. Guard Cap for Squares, 1.00 

39. Straight Brass Jet, 50 

40. Hose Brass Jet, 1,00 

41. Eight Inch Straight Jar, 1,00 

42. Copper Condensing Chamber and Stopcock, 3,50 

43. Thirty Inch Plate Electric Machine, 85,00 

44. Six Jars for Electric Battery, 12,00 

45. Two Qt. Leyden Jar, 2,00 

46. Two Qt. Electrometer Jar, 2,50 

47. Two Qt. Diamond Jar, 3,00 

48. Two Qt. Movable Coatings Jar, 3,00 

49. Two Qt. Suspension Jar, 3,00 

50. One Qt. Hand Jar, 1,25 

51. Jointed Discharger, 3,50 

52. Universal Discharger, 7,00 

53. Directing Rod, 2,00 

54. Spiral Tube, 3,50 

55. Set of Bells, 3,00 

56. Electric Season Machine, 3,00 

57. Insulating Stool, 6,00 

58. Set of Dancing Images and Plates, 3,50 

59. Abbe Nollet's Globe, 5,00 

60. Thunder House and Fixtures, 5,00 

61. Gas Generator or Plutina Igniter, 4,00 

62. Electric S. and Point, 75 

63. Long Haired Man, 75 

64. Wheel and Point, 1,25 

65. Ether Spoon, 1,00 

66. Ball Electronueter, 75 

67. Wax Cylinder, 1,50 
63. Glass Friction Cylinder, 2,00 

69. Balance Electrometer, 6,00 

70. Pair Cylindrical Copper Gasometere with Compound Blow- 
pipe and Fixtures, 30,00 

71. Flask with Cork Sockets for Oxygen Gas, 1,00 

72. Pair Reflectors in Cases with Iron Ball and Stand, 8,00 

73. Conductometer with Six Rods, 2,00 

74. Fire Syringe and Tinder, 1,50 

75. Wollaston's Steam Globe, 3,00 



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76. Marcel's Steam Globe with Lamp, tall Pressure Gauge, 

Chemical Thermometer, Safety- Valve, Stopcock, &c., $20,00 

77. Chamberlain's Steam Boiler with Lamp, Thermometer, 

Safety-Valve, &c., 8,00 

78. Mounted Differential Thermometer, 2,50 

79. Pair of Radiating and Absorbing Cubes, 2,00 

80. Air Thermometer, 2,00 

81. Lead Conducting Gas Tube and Screws, 1,50 

82. Set Wire Gauze for Gas Flame, 50 

83. Spirit Lamp, 1,00 

84. Electro Pot Battery, 6,00 

85. Magic Circle and Armatures, 3,00 

86. Pair of Magnetic Needles, 2,00 

87. Page's Revolving Magnet, 5,00 

88. Powder Bomb, 1,25 

89. Decomposing Bomb, 1,75 

90. Steel U Magnet and Rolling Armature, 3,00 

91. Apparatus for Analysis of Shocks, 12,00 

92. Lifting-coil and Bars, 2,00 

93. Powder-cup, 50 

94. De La Rives Ring or Floating Battery, 1,25 

95. Pair of Shocking Handles, 1,50 

96. Set Connecting Wires, (4) 50 

97. Hydrostatic Press, 25,00 

98. Pair Water Pumps and Fixtures, 12,00 

99. Syphon and Suction Tube, 1,25 

100. Hydrostatic Bellows and Fixtures, 8,00 

101. Set of Mechanical Powers, 35,00 

102. Atwood's Machine for the Laws of Falling Bodies, 35,00 

103. Magic Lantern with Solar Lamp, &c. 25,00 

104. Set of Astronomical Illustrations, 20,00 

105. Season Machine, 12,00 

106. Set of Eye Models, 12,00 

$701 OS 



APPARATUS PI;RCHASED FROM THE PROCEEDS OF LECTURES 
GIVEN DURING THE WINTER OF 1848-9. 

107. Set of Ivory Collision Balls and Frame, $8,00 

108. Whirling Machine and Fixtures, 8,00 

109. Bell Glass for Freezing Apparatus, 1,50 

110. One Hose and Screws, 2,00 



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111. Three Thermometers, 3,75 

112. One Extra Finished Thermonieter, 6,00 

113. Working Model of the Steam Engine, 50,00 

114. Rosewood-cased Barometer and Thermometer, 18,00 

115. Torricellian Tube, 1,00 

116. Hydrogen Balloon, 3,00 

117. Suspension Jar, 2,50 

118. Exploding Cup and Rubber, 1,00 

119. Treble Globe Transferrer, 1,00 

120. Mill for Vacuum, 7,00 

121. Three Bohemian Flasks, 1,00 

122. One Lamp Stand, 2,00 

123. One upward Pressure Apparatus, 14,00 

124. Weighing Air and Hydrostatic Paradox Apparatus, 25.00 

125. Pair of Gasometers with Fixtures, (large size) 60,00 

126. Two Flasks Cork and Cap, 1,00 

127. One Platina Lime Fork, 75 

128. Open Bell Glass, 2,00 

129. Prism, 3,00 

130. Straight Jar, 1,00 

131. Copper Tube and Revolving Jet, 50 

132. Electric Inclined Plane and Wheel, 4,00 

133. Gold Leaf Electrometer Cap and Point, 4,00 

134. Electrophorus and Fixtures, 8,00 
1,35. Electric Swing and Image, 2,00 

136. Pith-ball, Electrometer and Stand, 75 

137. Case of Bar Magnets, 4,00 

138. Gas Pistol, 2,50 

139. Galvanic Lamp. ' 2,50 

140. Helix on Stand, ' 2,50 

141. Magnetic Telegraph, 35,00 

142. Simple Form of Telegraph, 5,00 

143. Register Machine, 10,00 

144. Galvanometer, 3,50 

145. Double Beam Engine, 18,00'' 

146. Revolving Circle, 12,00 

147. Decomposing Apparatus, 4,00 

148. Electro Magnetic Railway, 35,00 

149. Physiological Charts, 17,50 

150. Grove's Battery, (four cups.) 8,00 

151. Dipping Needle, 4,00 

152. Hydrostatic Balloon, 4,00 

153. Large Electro Magnet, 2,3& 



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154. Screen for Magic Lantern, 5,00 

155. Set of Mounted Lenses, ' 13,00 

156. India Rubber Tablecloth, 1,50 

157. Map of Western Asia, 4,00 

158. Magneto Machine, 45,00 

159. Bidvvell's Map of the World, 12,00 

492 00 
701 OS 

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